Userid: CPM Schema: instrx Leadpct: 100% Pt. size: 9 Draft Ok to Print AH XSL/XML Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source (Init. & Date) _______ Page 1 of 12 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return (Use With the February 2024 Revision of Form 1040-X) Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless Contents Page otherwise noted. Line 23—Overpayment Applied to Contents Page Estimated Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Future Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part I—Dependents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part II—Direct Deposit (for E-Filed Form 1040-X Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 General Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Explanation of Changes (Part II for Paper-Filed Form 1040-X or Part III for E-Filed Form Purpose of Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1040-X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Which Revision To Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sign Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Interest and Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Paid Preparer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 When To File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Assembling Your Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Special Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Where To File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Tracking Your Amended Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Paperwork Reduction Act Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Specific Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Calendar or Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Future Developments Name, Current Address, and Social Security For the latest information about developments related to Form Number (SSN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1040-X and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after Presidential Election Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form1040X. Amended Return Filing Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lines 1 Through 30—Which Lines To What’s New Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Certain 2020 tax returns. The lookback period for certain Columns A Through C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2020 individual income tax returns filed after April 15, 2021, has Income and Deductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 been extended. See Postponed 2020 individual income tax returns, later. Line 1—Adjusted Gross Income . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Line 2—Itemized Deductions or Standard Line 5. Line 5, later, clarifies that, when the result for column C is zero or less, filers must enter -0- in column C. However, the Deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 amounts in columns A and B can be less than zero. Line 4b—Qualified Business Income Deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Line 19. Line 19, later, corrects how to figure the line 20 amount when line 18 is larger than line 17. Line 5—Taxable Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Tax Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 IP PIN. Boxes for IP PIN have been added to Form 1040-X. See Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN), later. Line 6—Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Qualifying surviving spouse. Qualifying surviving spouse Line 7—Nonrefundable Credits . . . . . . . . . . . 8 replaces qualifying widow(er). See Changing to married filing Line 10—Other Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 separately or qualifying surviving spouse filing status, later. Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Presidential Election Campaign. A new box has been added Line 12—Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to page 1 of Form 1040-X for the Presidential Election Campaign Line 13—Estimated Tax Payments . . . . . . . . . 8 Fund option. See Presidential Election Campaign under Specific Line 14—Earned Income Credit (EIC) . . . . . . . 8 Instructions, later. Part II of Form 1040-X and these instructions no longer contain information on this fund. Line 15—Refundable Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Line 16—Amount Paid With Extension or Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) changes. Two new sections have been added: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) Tax Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Partner Modification Amended Return and BBA Partner Line 17—Total Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 non-income tax changes reported on Form 8986, later. Refund or Amount You Owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Line 18—Overpayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Reminders Line 19—Amount Available To Pay Direct deposit now available for electronically filed Form Additional Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1040-X. Beginning in February 2023, filers who electronically Line 20—Amount You Owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 file tax year 2021 or later Form(s) 1040-X can request to receive their refunds by direct deposit into either a checking or savings Line 22—Overpayment Received as account. See Part II—Direct Deposit (for E-Filed Form 1040-X Refund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Only), later, for more information. Feb 9, 2024 Cat. No. 11362H |
Page 2 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Amending Form 1040-NR. When electronically filing Form Purpose of Form 1040-X to amend a Form 1040-NR, complete Form 1040-X in its Use Form 1040-X to do the following. entirety. For details on amending Form 1040-NR by paper filing Correct Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR. Form 1040-X, see Resident and nonresident aliens, later. • • Make certain elections after the prescribed deadline (see Continuous-use form and instructions. Form 1040-X and its Regulations sections 301.9100-1 through -3 for details). instructions were converted from an annual revision to • Change amounts previously adjusted by the IRS. However, continuous use in tax year 2021. The form and instructions will don’t include any interest or penalties on Form 1040-X; they will each be updated as required. For the most recent version, go to be adjusted accordingly. IRS.gov/Form1040X. Section discussions and charts that were • Make a claim for a carryback due to a loss or unused credit. updated annually have been removed, or replaced with However, you may be able to use Form 1045, Application for references to relevant forms, schedules, instructions, and Tentative Refund, instead of Form 1040-X. For more information, publications. See the forms, schedules, instructions, and see Loss or credit carryback under When To File, later, and the publications for the year of the tax return you are amending for discussion on carryback claims under Special Situations, later. guidance on specific topics. File a separate Form 1040-X for each year you are amending. Electronic filing available for Form 1040-X. You can file Form If you are changing your federal return, you may also need to 1040-X electronically with tax filing software to amend Forms change your state return. 1040, 1040-SR, and 1040-NR. Go to IRS.gov/Filing/Amended- Return-Frequently-Asked-Questions for more information. Resident and nonresident aliens. Use Form 1040-X to amend Form 1040-NR. Also use Form 1040-X if you should have Use these instructions with both the paper-filed Form filed Form 1040 instead of Form 1040-NR, or vice versa. TIP 1040-X and the electronically filed Form 1040-X. If you are filing Form 1040-X by paper to amend Form 1040-NR, or to file the correct return, do the following. Extended time to file a claim for refund or credit. Under • Enter your name, current address, and social security number certain circumstances, you may have additional time to file an (SSN) or individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) on the amended return to claim a refund or credit. For details, see front of Form 1040-X. Federally declared disasters and Combat zones and • Don’t enter any other information on page 1. Also don’t contingency operations, later. complete Part I on page 2 of Form 1040-X. • Enter in Explanation of Changes the reason you are filing Form 1040-X. General Instructions • Complete a new or corrected return (Form 1040, 1040-SR, 1040-NR, etc.). If you discover an error after filing your return, you may need to • Across the top of the new or corrected return, write amend your return. Use Form 1040-X to correct a previously filed “Amended.” Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, or to change amounts • Attach the new or corrected return to the back of Form previously adjusted by the IRS. You can also use Form 1040-X to 1040-X. make a claim for a carryback due to a loss or unused credit or make certain elections after the deadline. The above instructions apply to paper filing only. If you are electronically filing Form 1040-X to amend Form Many find the easiest way to figure the entries for Form CAUTION! 1040-NR, you must complete the Form 1040-X in its TIP 1040-X is to first make the changes in the margin of the entirety. return they are amending. If you file Form 1040-X claiming a refund or credit for Completing Form 1040-X. On Form 1040-X, enter your ! more than the correct amount, you may be subject to a income, deductions, and credits from your return as originally CAUTION penalty of 20% of the disallowed amount. See Penalty filed or as previously adjusted by either you or the IRS, the for erroneous claim for refund or credit under Interest and changes you are making, and the corrected amounts. Then, Penalties, later. figure the tax on the corrected amount of taxable income and the amount you owe or your refund. File a separate Form 1040-X for Don’t file Form 1040-X if you are requesting only a refund of each tax year you are amending. penalties and interest or an addition to tax that you have already To complete Form 1040-X, you will need: paid. Instead, file Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for • Form 1040-X and these separate instructions; Abatement. • A copy of the return you are amending (for example, 2022 Form 1040), including supporting forms, schedules, and any Don’t file Form 1040-X to request a refund of your share of a worksheets you completed; joint overpayment that was offset against a past-due obligation • Additional supporting forms and schedules, and any of your spouse. Instead, file Form 8379, Injured Spouse worksheets for the return you are amending that you will need to Allocation. But if you are filing Form 1040-X to request an complete to show your changes; additional refund after filing Form 8379, see Injured spouse claim • If applicable, a new Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR for the under Special Situations, later. return you are amending (see Resident and nonresident aliens Which Revision To Use below); • Notices from the IRS on any adjustments to that return; and Use these instructions with both the paper-filed Form 1040-X • Instructions for the return you are amending. If you don't have and the electronically filed Form 1040-X. the instructions, you can find them online at IRS.gov/Forms. To obtain the instructions for a prior year return, go to IRS.gov/ Interest and Penalties Forms and click on the link for prior year instructions under Interest. The IRS will charge you interest on taxes not paid by “Other Options.” You can also order paper copies of the their due date, even if you had an extension of time to file. The instructions for your return at IRS.gov/OrderForms or by calling IRS will also charge you interest on penalties imposed for failure 800-829-3676. to file, negligence, fraud, substantial valuation misstatements, substantial understatements of income tax, and reportable 2 Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) |
Page 3 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. transaction understatements. Interest is charged on the penalty For the following affected taxpayers, Notice 2023-21 from the due date of the return (including extensions). increases the lookback period when amending 2020 returns to claim a credit or refund of taxes. Affected taxpayers are Penalty for late payment of tax. If you don’t pay the additional individual taxpayers whose returns were due on April 15, 2021, tax due on Form 1040-X within 21 calendar days from the date of and who did not receive a filing extension. An affected taxpayer notice and demand for payment (10 business days from that who filed their 2020 return after April 15, 2021, but on or before date if the amount of tax is $100,000 or more), the penalty is usually / of 1% of the unpaid amount for each month or part of 1 2 May 17, 2021, because of the postponement provided by Notice 2021-21 may be refunded all income tax payments for 2020 if a month the tax isn’t paid. The penalty can be as much as 25% they file their claim for refund within 3 years of the date they filed of the unpaid amount and applies to any unpaid tax on the their original return. An affected taxpayer who filed their 2020 return. This penalty is in addition to interest charges on late return after May 17, 2021, may be refunded all income tax payments. You won’t have to pay the penalty if you can show payments for 2020 if they file their claim for refund by Friday, May reasonable cause for not paying your tax on time. 17, 2024. Penalty for erroneous claim for refund or credit. If you file a The additional time, provided in Notice 2023-21, to file an claim for refund or credit in excess of the correct amount, you amended return is automatic. Taxpayers do not need to contact may have to pay a penalty equal to 20% of the disallowed the IRS, file any form, or send letters or other documents to amount, unless you had reasonable cause for the claim. The receive this relief. penalty won’t be figured on any part of the disallowed amount of the claim on which accuracy-related or fraud penalties are Federally declared disasters. If you were affected by a charged. federally declared disaster, you may have additional time to file a claim for credit or refund on your amended return. See Pub. 556 Penalty for frivolous return. In addition to any other penalties, and IRS.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-Self-Employed/ the law imposes a penalty of $5,000 for filing a frivolous return. A Disaster-Assistance-and-Emergency-Relief-for-Individuals-and- frivolous return is one that doesn’t contain information needed to Businesses for details. figure whether the reported tax is substantially correct or shows a substantially incorrect tax because you take a frivolous position Combat zones and contingency operations. The due date or desire to delay or interfere with the tax laws. This includes for claiming a credit or refund on your amended return may be altering or striking out the preprinted language above the space automatically extended when you are in, or are hospitalized as a where you sign. For a list of positions identified as frivolous, see result of injuries sustained in, a combat zone or contingency Notice 2010-33, 2010-17 I.R.B. 609, available at IRS.gov/irb/ operation. For more details, see Pub. 3, Armed Forces' Tax 2010-17_IRB#NOT-2010-33. Guide. Other penalties. Other penalties can be imposed for Bad debt or worthless security. A Form 1040-X to claim a negligence, substantial understatement of income tax, credit or refund based on a bad debt or worthless security must reportable transaction understatements, and fraud. See Pub. 17, generally be filed within 7 years after the due date of the return Your Federal Income Tax, for more information. for the tax year in which the debt or security became worthless. For more details, see section 6511. When To File Foreign tax credit or deduction. A Form 1040-X to claim a File Form 1040-X only after you have filed your original return. foreign tax credit or to change from claiming a deduction to You may amend your original return by filing Form 1040-X more claiming a credit for foreign income taxes must generally be filed than once, as long as each Form 1040-X is filed timely. within 10 years from the due date for filing the return (without Generally, for a credit or refund, you must file Form 1040-X within regard to any extension of time to file) for the year in which the 3 years (including extensions) after the date you filed your foreign income taxes were actually paid or accrued. A Form original return or within 2 years after the date you paid the tax, 1040-X to claim a deduction or to change from claiming a credit whichever is later. If you filed your original return early (for to claiming a deduction for foreign income taxes must generally example, March 1 for a calendar year return), your return is be filed within 3 years after the date you filed your original return considered filed on the due date (generally April 15). However, if or within 2 years after the date you paid the tax, whichever is you had an extension of time to file (for example, until October later. The period for filing a Form 1040-X to claim or change an 15) but you filed earlier and we received it on July 1, your return election to claim a foreign tax credit or deduction may be is considered filed on July 1. The time limit for filing a claim for extended by an agreement. You make or change your election credit or refund on a Form 1040-X can be suspended for certain on your Form 1040-X for the year your election is to be effective. people who are physically or mentally unable to manage their For details, see Pub. 514, Foreign Tax Credit for Individuals. The financial affairs. For details, see Pub. 556, Examination of extended 10-year period for filing Form 1040-X to claim a foreign Returns, Appeal Rights, and Claims for Refund. tax credit or to change from claiming a deduction to claiming a After the due date for an original return has passed, credit applies only to amounts affected by changes in your foreign tax credit. See the Instructions for Form 1116, Foreign ! don't file any additional original returns for the same Tax Credit, for more information. CAUTION year, even if you haven't received your refund or haven't heard from the IRS since you filed. Filing an additional original If you are filing Form 1040-X to carry back your unused return after the due date or sending in more than one copy of the foreign tax credit, follow the procedures under Loss or credit same return (unless we ask you to do so) could delay your carryback next. refund. Loss or credit carryback. File either Form 1040-X or Form 1045 to apply for a refund based on either an overpayment of tax Postponed 2020 individual income tax returns. The due to a claim of right adjustment under section 1341(b)(1) or lookback period is generally equal to 3 years plus the period of the carryback of a net operating loss (NOL) (but see Net any extension of time for filing the return. However, when the operating losses, later), a foreign tax credit, an unused general Form 1040-X or other claim for refund is filed more than 3 years business credit, or a net section 1256 contracts loss. If you use after the taxpayer's return was filed, the lookback period is 2 Form 1040-X, see the special instructions for carryback claims in years. Income tax withheld and estimated tax are considered these instructions under Special Situations, later. File Form paid on the due date of the return (generally April 15). 1040-X for each tax year to which an NOL, a capital loss carryback, a credit carryback, or a foreign tax credit is carried. Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) 3 |
Page 4 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Write or type “Carryback Claim” at the top of page 1. Form BBA Partner non-income tax changes reported on Form 1040-X must generally be filed within 3 years after the due date 8986. Although the Form 8978 is used to figure changes to a of the return (including extensions) for the tax year in which the partner's income tax as reported to them on Form 8986, any NOL, capital loss, or unused credit arose (within 10 years after non-income tax changes that are related to the income tax the due date of the return (without extensions) for the tax year in adjustments on the Form 8986 received by the partner, such as which the foreign tax credit arose). If you use Form 1045, you self-employment tax or net investment income tax, should be must file the claim within 1 year after the end of the year in which reflected on an amended return for the partner's first affected the loss, credit, or claim of right adjustment arose. For more year. Do not include the income tax changes on the Form details, see the Instructions for Form 1045. 1040-X. Instead, the Form 1040-X should reflect the original and Net operating losses (NOLs). An individual must file Form correct amounts as originally reported (or as previously 1040-X instead of Form 1045 to carry back: amended) on the Form 1040 such that there is no change • Any items to a section 965 year, between the original and correct amounts on lines 1–8. • A prior year foreign tax credit released due to an NOL or net Complete any applicable forms for the non-income taxes such as capital loss carryback, or the Schedule SE (for self-employment taxes) or Form 8960 (for • A prior year general business credit released because of the net investment income tax) including the adjustments reflected release of the foreign tax credit. on the Form 8986 and figure the adjusted non-income taxes See section 172 and Pub. 536 for information about NOLs. using the adjusted numbers. Report the corrected non-income See Pub. 225, Farmer’s Tax Guide, for information on farming taxes on line 10 of the Form 1040-X and figure the additional losses. amount owed. The amended return should include a statement that explains how the change to non-income tax was figured, Special Situations and the source of the adjustment in Part II (Part III if e-filing) of the Form 1040-X. See Form 8978 for additional information and You must attach all appropriate forms and schedules to instructions. CAUTION ! Form 1040-X or it will be returned. Qualified Opportunity Investment. Attach to the back of Form Many amended returns deal with situations that have special 1040-X any Form 8997, Initial and Annual Statement of Qualified qualifications or special rules that must be followed. The items Opportunity Fund (QOF) Investments, that supports changes that follow give you this specialized information so your amended made on this return if qualified investments were held during the return can be filed and processed correctly. year. Only the special procedures are given here. Unless Carryback claim—NOL. Write or type “Carryback Claim” at the top of page 1 of Form 1040-X. Attach a computation of your NOL ! otherwise stated, you must still complete all appropriate using Schedule A (Form 1045) and a computation of any NOL CAUTION lines on Form 1040-X, as discussed under Line Instructions, later. carryover using Schedule B (Form 1045). A refund based on an NOL doesn’t include a refund of self-employment tax reported Additional Medicare Tax. If your Medicare wages, RRTA on Form 1040-X, line 10. Generally, interest won’t be paid on any compensation, or self-employment income is adjusted, you may NOL refund shown on an amended return processed within 45 need to correct your liability, if any, for Additional Medicare Tax. days of receipt. For details, see Pub. 536, Net Operating Losses When correcting Additional Medicare Tax liability, attach to Form (NOLs) for Individuals, Estates, and Trusts. 1040-X a corrected Form 8959, and, if correcting Medicare Carryback claim—credits and other losses. Write or type wages or RRTA compensation, attach Form W-2, Wage and Tax “Carryback Claim” at the top of page 1 of Form 1040-X. Attach Statement, or Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement. copies of the following. For more information, see the Instructions for Form 8959. • Both pages of Form 1040 and Schedules A and D, if Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) Partner Modification applicable, for the year in which the loss or credit originated. Amended Return. A partner in a BBA Partnership that has Write or type “Attachment to Form 1040-X—Copy Only—Do Not requested modification type “Amended Returns of Partners Process” at the top of these forms. Under IRC Section 6225(c)(2)(A)” files a partner modification • Any Schedules K-1 or K-3 you received from any partnership, amended return. A partner modification amended return S corporation, estate, or trust for the year of the loss or credit that includes a partner amended return for the partner's first affected contributed to the loss or credit carryback. year and any prior or subsequent tax years impacted as a result • Any form or schedule from which the carryback results, such of taking the partnership adjustments into account in the as Form 3800, General Business Credit; Form 1116; Form 6781, partner's first affected year. Such returns must include the Gains and Losses From Section 1256 Contracts and Straddles; payment of all tax, penalties, additions to tax, and interest due as Form 4684, Casualties and Thefts; or Schedule C or F (Form a result of taking into account all partnership adjustments 1040). properly allocated to the partner, and including adjustments to • Forms or schedules for items refigured in the carryback year, any tax attributes affected by taking into account the partnership such as Form 6251, Alternative Minimum Tax—Individuals; Form adjustments. You must write “BBA Partner Modification 3800; Schedule A (Form 1040); Schedule A (Form 1040-NR); or Amended Return” at the top of page 1 of all partner modification Form 8962, Premium Tax Credit. amended returns being filed (for e-filed amended returns, attach Carryback claim—change in filing status. If you were a statement). See Form 8982 for additional information and married and you didn’t have the same filing status (married filing instructions. jointly or married filing separately) for all of the years involved in Attach a statement to each partner modification amended figuring the loss or credit carryback, you may have to allocate return that contains the following information. income, deductions, and credits. For details, see the publication • Name of source partnership (which is the audited partnership for the type of carryback you are claiming. For example, for NOL requesting modification and from which you are receiving carrybacks, see Pub. 536. adjustments). Casualty loss from a federally declared disaster. If you have • TIN of the source partnership. a casualty loss attributable to a federally declared disaster, you • Audit control number—obtain this number from the may be able to elect to deduct the loss in the tax year partnership representative of the source partnership. immediately before the tax year the loss was sustained. The 4 Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) |
Page 5 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. election must be made by filing your return or amended return for • Your date of birth. the preceding year, and claiming your disaster loss on it, no later • Your ZIP code or postal code. than 6 months after the due date for filing your original return (without extensions) for the year in which the loss was sustained. For more information about this election, see the Instructions for Specific Instructions Form 4684; and Rev. Proc. 2016-53, 2016-44 I.R.B. 530, available at IRS.gov/irb/2016-44_IRB#RP-2016-53. Line Instructions Deceased taxpayer. If filing Form 1040-X for a deceased taxpayer, write or type “Deceased,” the deceased taxpayer's Calendar or Fiscal Year name, and the date of death across the top of Form 1040-X, Above your name, enter the calendar year or fiscal year you are page 1. amending. If you originally filed a joint return and you are filing Form 1040-X to claim a refund with respect to that joint return as a Name, Current Address, and Social Security surviving spouse, sign the return and enter “Filing as surviving Number (SSN) spouse” in the area where you sign the return. If someone else is If you and your spouse are amending a joint return, list your the personal representative, they must also sign. names and SSNs in the same order as shown on the original Claiming a refund for a deceased taxpayer. If you are filing return. If you are changing from a separate to a joint return and a joint return as a surviving spouse, you only need to file Form your spouse didn’t file an original return, enter your name and 1040-X to claim the refund. If you are a court-appointed personal SSN first. representative or any other person claiming the refund, file Form 1040-X and attach Form 1310, Statement of Person Claiming Change of address. If you have moved since you filed your Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer, and any other information original return, enter your current address on Form 1040-X. required by its instructions. For more details, see Pub. 559, P.O. box. Enter your box number only if your post office doesn’t Survivors, Executors, and Administrators. deliver mail to your home. Household employment taxes. If you are correcting an error Foreign address. If you have a foreign address, enter the city in the employment taxes for household employees that you name on the appropriate line. Don’t enter any other information reported on a Schedule H previously filed with Form 1040, on that line, but also complete the spaces below that line. Don’t 1040-SR, 1040-NR, or 1040-SS, attach a corrected Schedule H abbreviate the country name. Follow the country's practice for and include in Part II (Part III if e-filing) of Form 1040-X the date entering the postal code and the name of the province, county, or the error was discovered. If you filed Formulario 1040-PR, file a state. Form 1040-X and attach a corrected Anexo H-PR. If you owe tax, pay in full with this return. If you are changing the wages paid to ITINs for aliens. If you don’t have an SSN, but you already an employee for whom you filed Form W-2, you must also file have an ITIN, enter it instead of an SSN. If you are a nonresident Form W-2c, and Form W-3c, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and or resident alien and you don’t have or aren’t eligible to get an Tax Statements, with the Social Security Administration. For SSN, you must apply for an ITIN. It takes about 7 weeks to get more information, see Pub. 926 for the appropriate year. an ITIN. For more information on ITINs, including application, expiration, and renewal, see Form W-7 and its instructions. Injured spouse claim. If you filed a Form 8379 and are filing a Form 1040-X to request an additional refund, and you don’t want Presidential Election Campaign your portion of the overpayment to be applied (offset) against your spouse's past-due obligation(s), complete and attach You can use Form 1040-X to designate $3 to the Presidential another Form 8379 to allocate the additional refund. Election Campaign Fund if you, or your spouse if filing jointly, didn't previously want $3 to go to this fund but now do. Checking Signing your minor child's return. If your minor child can’t a checkbox for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund will not sign the return, either parent can sign the child's name in the change your tax or refund. This designation must be done within space provided. Enter “By (your signature), parent for minor 20 / months after the original due date for filing the return. A 1 2 child.” previous designation of $3 to the fund can’t be changed. Tax shelters. If you are amending your return to disclose information for a reportable transaction in which you participated, Amended Return Filing Status attach Form 8886, Reportable Transaction Disclosure Check the box that corresponds to your filing status on this Statement. return. You must check one box even if you are not changing your filing status. If this is a change from the filing status on your Wrongfully incarcerated individuals. Certain amounts you original return, the following information may apply to you. receive due to wrongful incarceration may be excluded from gross income. If you included these amounts in income in a prior For information about marital status, see Pub. 501, year, you may be able to amend your return to claim a refund or TIP Dependents, Standard Deduction, and Filing credit against your tax. For the latest information, go to IRS.gov/ Information. newsroom/irs-updates-frequently-asked-questions-related-to- wrongful-incarceration. In general, you can’t change your filing status from a joint return to separate returns after the due date of the Tracking Your Amended Return CAUTION! original return. You should generally allow 8 to 12 weeks for Form 1040-X to be processed. However, in some cases, processing could take up Changing from a separate to a joint return. If you are to 16 weeks. Go to Where's My Amended Return on IRS.gov to married and file a separate return, you generally report only your track the status of your amended return. It can take up to 3 own income, deductions, and credits. Generally, you are weeks from the date you mail it to show up in our system. You will responsible only for the tax on your own income. If you file a joint need to provide the following information. return, both you and your spouse (or former spouse) are • Your taxpayer identification number (for most taxpayers, that is generally responsible for the tax and interest or penalties due on their SSN). the return. This means that if one spouse doesn't pay the tax due, the other may have to. Or, if one spouse doesn't report the Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) 5 |
Page 6 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. correct tax, both spouses may be responsible for any additional 1. Enter in column A the amounts from your return as taxes assessed by the IRS. However, you may qualify for originally filed or as previously adjusted (either by you or the innocent spouse relief. For details about innocent spouse relief, IRS). see Form 8857, Request for Innocent Spouse Relief; or Pub. 2. To determine the amounts to enter in column B, combine 971, Innocent Spouse Relief. If you are changing from a the amounts from your spouse’s return as originally filed (or as separate to a joint return, in Part II (Part III if e-filing) of Form previously adjusted) with any other changes you or your spouse 1040-X, you should enter “Changing the filing status” as a is making. If your spouse didn’t file an original return, include reason for amending your Form 1040 or 1040-SR. See You are your spouse’s income, deductions, credits, other taxes, etc., in changing from a separate to a joint return under Lines 1 Through the amounts you enter in column B. 30—Which Lines To Complete, later, for more details. 3. Read the instructions for column C to figure the amounts Changing to head of household filing status. If the to enter in that column. qualifying person is a child but not your dependent, enter the 4. Both of you must sign and date Form 1040-X. child’s name in the space provided under the filing status checkboxes. In Part II (Part III if e-filing) of Form 1040-X, you should state “Changing the filing status” as a reason for You are changing amounts on your original return or as amending your Form 1040 or 1040-SR. previously adjusted by the IRS. Because Form 1040-X can be used for so many purposes, it is sometimes difficult to know Generally, married people can’t file as head of which part(s) of the form to fill out. Unless other specific ! household. But, for an exception, see Pub. 501. instructions or rules apply to your return, such as those under CAUTION Resident and nonresident aliens, earlier, applicable to paper Changing to married filing separately or qualifying surviv- filers, follow the rules below when completing your Form 1040-X. ing spouse filing status. If you check the box for married filing • Always complete the top of page 1 through Amended return separately, enter your spouse's name in the space provided filing status. below the filing status checkboxes. If your spouse doesn't have • Check a box in Presidential Election Campaign, if applicable. and isn't required to have an SSN or ITIN, enter “NRA” next to • Complete the lines shown in the charts under Columns A their name in the entry space below the filing status checkboxes. Through C below according to what you are changing. If you check the box for qualifying surviving spouse, and the • Complete the Explanation of Changes (Part II if paper filing or qualifying person is a child but not your dependent, enter the Part III if e-filing). child's name in the space provided under the filing status • Sign and date the form. checkboxes. Do not enter the child’s name anywhere else on the form. In Part II (Part III if e-filing) of Form 1040-X, you should Columns A Through C state “Changing the filing status” as a reason for amending your Column A. Enter the amounts from your original return. Form 1040 or 1040-SR. However, if you previously amended that return or it was For 2022 and later, the filing status qualifying widow(er) changed by the IRS, enter the adjusted amounts. TIP is called qualifying surviving spouse. The rules for the Column B. Enter the net increase or decrease for each line that filing status have not changed. The same rules that you are changing. applied for qualifying widow(er) apply to qualifying surviving Explain each change in Part II (Part III if e-filing). If you need spouse. more space, attach a statement. Attach any schedule or form relating to the change. For example, attach Schedule A (Form Lines 1 Through 30—Which Lines To Complete 1040) if you are amending a 2022 Form 1040 to itemize Before looking at the instructions for specific lines, the following deductions. If you are amending your return because you information may point you in the right direction for completing received another Form W-2, attach a copy of the new Form W-2. Form 1040-X. Don’t attach items unless required to do so. You need information about income, deductions, etc. If you Column C. To figure the amounts to enter in this column: have questions such as what income is taxable or what • Add the increase in column B to the amount in column A, or expenses are deductible, the instructions for the form you are • Subtract the decrease in column B from the amount in amending should help. Also use those instructions to find the column A. method you should use to figure the correct tax. To get prior year For any item you don’t change, enter the amount from column forms, schedules, instructions, or publications, download them A in column C. from IRS.gov/FormsPubs or call 800-829-3676. Note. Show any negative numbers (losses or decreases) in You are only changing information. If you aren’t changing column A, B, or C in parentheses. any dollar amounts you originally reported, but are changing information and the rules in Resident and nonresident aliens, Example. You originally reported $21,000 as your adjusted earlier, don’t apply, do the following on your Form 1040-X. gross income on your 2022 Form 1040. You received another • Enter the calendar year or fiscal year you are amending. Form W-2 for $500 after you filed your return. Line 1 of Form • Complete name, current address, and SSN (or ITIN, if 1040-X should be completed as follows. applicable). • Check a box in Presidential Election Campaign, if applicable. A. Original B. Net change C. Correct • Complete Part I Dependents, , on page 2, if you are changing amount amount your dependent. 21,000 500 21,500 • Complete the Explanation of Changes (Part II if paper filing or Line 1 Part III if e-filing). You are changing from a separate to a joint return. If you You would also report any additional federal income tax and your spouse are changing from separate returns to a joint withheld on line 12 in column B. return, follow these steps. 6 Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) |
Page 7 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. See the tax return for the year you are amending to find the deduction as previously adjusted by the IRS. If you are now corresponding lines on your original return. itemizing your deductions instead of using the standard deduction, or you have changed the amount of any deduction, or IF you are changing only... THEN complete Form 1040-X... your AGI limitations have changed any deduction, attach a copy filing status lines 1–23. of the corrected Schedule A to this amended return. income lines 1–23. Standard deduction. If you are using the standard deduction, enter the amount for your filing status for the year you are adjustments to income lines 1–23. amending. Remember that the standard deduction for all years can be increased for the age and/or blindness of the taxpayer(s). itemized or standard deductions lines 1–23. Charitable deduction. If you are taking the standard deduction in 2020 or 2021, you (or you and your spouse if filing jointly) may qualified business income lines 4b–23. be able to claim a charitable deduction for certain cash deduction contributions. For amended 2020 returns only, any adjustments to this deduction should be made to your AGI on line 1. For amended 2021 returns, any adjustments to this deduction tax before credits lines 5–23. should be made to your standard deduction amount on line 2. For adjustments to the cash charitable deduction for any year, nonrefundable credits lines 6–23. refer to the tax return instructions for the year of the return you are amending to determine the limits on amounts of cash other taxes lines 6–23. contributions you can claim for that year. See Pub. 526 (for the year of the return you are amending) for the definition of what payments and refundable credits lines 11–23. qualifies as a cash contribution and for information on the types of organizations that qualify. Also see Pub. 526 (for the year of the return you are amending) for information on whether this deduction is available on your amended return. If you had a net qualified disaster loss and you elect to Income and Deductions TIP increase your standard deduction by the amount of your net qualified disaster loss, use Schedule A to figure your Line 1—Adjusted Gross Income standard deduction. Qualified disaster loss refers to losses arising from certain disasters. For more information, see the Enter your adjusted gross income (AGI), which is the total of your Instructions for Form 4684 and the Instructions for Schedule A income minus certain deductions (adjustments). Any change to filed with your original return for the tax year of the return you are the income or adjustments on the return you are amending will amending. be reflected on this line. A change you make to your AGI can cause other amounts to Line 4a—Reserved for Future Use increase or decrease. For example, depending on the tax year, changing your AGI can change your: This line is reserved for future use. Do not enter an amount on • Credit for child and dependent care expenses, child tax credit, this line. education credits, retirement savings contributions credit, or premium tax credit; Line 4b—Qualified Business Income Deduction • Allowable charitable contributions deduction or the taxable amount of social security benefits; or See the instructions for the year of the form you are amending. • Total itemized deductions. Also see the instructions for Forms 8995 and 8995-A for more If you change your AGI, refigure the items listed above (if information for figuring and reporting your qualified business applicable), and any other deduction or credit you are claiming income deduction. that has a limit based on AGI. Line 5—Taxable Income Complete and attach any applicable forms and schedules to support the amounts you refigured. If the taxable income on the return you are amending is $0 and Correcting your wages or other employee compensation. you have made changes on Form 1040-X, line 1, 2, or 4b, enter Attach a copy of all additional or corrected Forms W-2 you on line 5, column A, the actual taxable income instead of $0. received after you filed your original return. Also attach any Enclose a negative amount in parentheses. The amounts in additional or corrected Forms 1099-R, Distributions From columns A and B can be less than zero. However, if the result for Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, column C is zero or less, you must enter -0- in column C. Insurance Contracts, etc., that show federal income tax withheld. Example. You showed $0 taxable income on your original Changing your IRA deduction. In Part II (Part III if e-filing) of return, even though you actually had a loss of $1,000. You later Form 1040-X, enter “IRA deduction” and the amount of the discovered you had additional income of $2,000. Your Form increase or decrease. If changing from a deductible to a 1040-X, line 5, would show ($1,000) in column A, $2,000 in nondeductible IRA contribution, also complete and attach Form column B, and $1,000 in column C. If you failed to take into 8606, Nondeductible IRAs. account the loss you actually had on your original return, you would report $2,000 in column C and possibly overstate your tax liability. Line 2—Itemized Deductions or Standard Deduction Itemized deductions. If you itemized your deductions, enter in column A the total from your original Schedule A or your Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) 7 |
Page 8 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. Tax Liability amending a 2019 or 2020 return, also see Pub. 972 for 2019 or 2020, respectively. Line 6—Tax Include on line 6 the amount you reported on Schedule 2 Line 9—Reserved for Future Use ! (Form 1040), line 3, for the year you are amending. CAUTION This line is reserved for future use. Do not enter an amount on this line. Figure the tax on your taxable income shown on line 5, column C. Generally, you will use the method(s) you used to Line 10—Other Taxes figure the tax on your original return. However, you may need to change to a different method if, for example, you amend your Enter in column A the amount you reported on the line for total return to include or change the amount of certain types of other taxes from Schedule 2 (Form 1040) for the year you are income, such as capital gains or qualified dividends. amending. See the instructions for the income tax return you are If you made any changes to Form 1040-X, lines 1 through 6, amending to find the appropriate method(s), tax table, and you may need to refigure other taxes that were included in the worksheet, if necessary. Indicate the method(s) you used to same section on your original return. figure the tax entered on line 6, as shown in the chart below. Payments Attach the schedule or form(s), if any, that you used to figure Line 12—Withholding your revised tax. Don’t attach worksheets. In column A, enter from the return you are amending any federal THEN enter on the income tax withheld and any excess social security and tier 1 dotted line on RRTA tax withheld (SS/RRTA). IF you figured the corrected tax using... line 6... If you are changing your withholding or excess SS/RRTA, Tax Table Table. attach to the front of Form 1040-X a copy of all additional or Tax Computation Worksheet TCW. corrected Forms W-2 you received after you filed your original Schedule D Tax Worksheet Sch D. return. Also attach additional or corrected Forms 1099-R that show any federal income tax withheld. Schedule J (Form 1040) Sch J. Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Line 13—Estimated Tax Payments Tax Worksheet QDCGTW. Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet FEITW. In column A, enter the estimated tax payments you claimed on your original return. If you filed Form 1040-C, U.S. Departing Form 8615, Tax for Certain Children Who Alien Income Tax Return, include on this line the amount you Have Unearned Income F8615. paid as the balance due with that return. Also include any of your prior year's overpayment that you elected to apply to estimated tax payments for the year you are amending. Any changes you made to Form 1040-X, lines 1 through Line 14—Earned Income Credit (EIC) ! 6, may affect the amount of or cause you to owe CAUTION alternative minimum tax. See the instructions for the Enter the amount you reported on the line for the EIC on Form form and year you are amending. 1040 or 1040-SR for the year you are amending in column A. If you are amending your return to claim the EIC and you have a Line 7—Nonrefundable Credits qualifying child, attach Schedule EIC (Form 1040). If you changed the amount on line 1 or line 5, the amount of any EIC you claimed on your original return may change. For more Enter your total nonrefundable credits in column A. information regarding the EIC, see Pub. 596 for the year you are Nonrefundable credits are those that reduce your tax, but any amending. excess isn’t refunded to you. If you are amending your EIC based on a nontaxable combat If you made any changes to Form 1040-X, lines 1 through 6, pay election, enter “nontaxable combat pay” and the amount in be sure to refigure your original credits. Attach the appropriate Part II (Part III if e-filing) of Form 1040-X. forms for the credits you are adding or changing. SSN required. If you didn't have an SSN on or before the due Credit for qualifying children and other dependents. If you date of your return for the tax year being amended (including are amending a return with a retroactive claim of the child tax extensions), you can't claim the EIC on your amended return. credit, you must have an SSN valid for employment issued for Also, if a child didn't have an SSN on or before the due date of the child before the due date for filing the return you are your return for the tax year being amended (including amending, including extensions. If you are amending a return extensions), you can't count that child as a qualifying child in with a retroactive claim of the credit for other dependents, the figuring the amount of the EIC on your amended return. dependent you claim must have been issued an SSN, ITIN, or adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN) on or before the Line 15—Refundable Credits due date for filing the return you are amending, including extensions. Your child tax credit may be refundable. For additional information, see Schedule 8812 (Form 1040) and its A refundable credit can give you a refund for any part of a credit instructions for the year of the tax return you are amending. If that is more than your total tax. Enter, in column A, the total of the refundable credits from Schedule 8812 (Form 1040), Form 8 Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) |
Page 9 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. 8863, the recovery rebate (as applicable), and Schedule 3 (Form Line 18—Overpayment 1040) for the year you are amending. Check as applicable the boxes for Schedule 8812 (Form 1040), and Forms 2439, 4136, Enter the overpayment from your original return. If your original 8885, 8863, and 8962. return was changed by the IRS and the result was an additional overpayment of tax, also include that amount on line 18. Don’t If you are amending your return to claim or change a include interest you received on any refund. Any additional refundable credit, attach the appropriate schedule(s) or form(s). refund you are entitled to on Form 1040-X will be sent separately In addition, in the blank area after “other (specify),” list all of your from any refund you haven’t yet received from your original refundable credits for which there is not a checkbox. Include the return. form number for the credit if there is one. SSN required. If you are amending a return with a retroactive Line 19—Amount Available To Pay Additional Tax claim of the refundable child tax credit or the additional child tax credit, you must have an SSN valid for employment issued for If line 18 is larger than line 17, line 19 will be negative. You will the child before the due date for filing the return, including owe additional tax. To figure the amount owed, treat the amount extensions. For additional information, see Schedule 8812 (Form on line 19 as positive and add it to the amount on line 11. Enter 1040) and its instructions for the year of the tax return you are the result on line 20. amending. If amending a 2019 or 2020 return, also see Pub. 972 for 2019 or 2020, respectively. Line 20—Amount You Owe Line 16—Amount Paid With Extension or Tax See the Amount you owe section in your income tax return Return instructions or go to IRS.gov/Payments for payment options. On this line, enter the total of the following amounts. If you elected to apply any part of an overpayment on • Any amount paid with your request for an extension on Form ! your original return to your next year's estimated tax, you 4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. CAUTION can’t reverse that election on your amended return. Individual Income Tax Return; or Form 2350, Application for Extension of Time To File U.S. Income Tax Return. Also include Line 22—Overpayment Received as Refund any amount paid electronically in connection with an extension of time to file, but don’t include the convenience fee you were The refund amount on line 22 will be sent separately from any charged. refund you claimed on your original return (see the instructions • The amount you paid with your original return, regardless of for line 18). We will figure any interest and include it in your method. Also include any additional payments you made after it refund. was filed. However, don’t include payments of interest or penalties, or the convenience fee you were charged. You will receive a check for any refund due to you. A refund Example. You are filing Form 1040-X to amend your 2022 on a paper-filed amended return can’t be deposited directly to tax return. You sent a check for $1,500 with your original return, your bank account. reflecting a payment of $1,400 in taxes and a $100 estimated tax penalty. When completing Form 1040-X, enter $1,400 on line 16 If you owe past-due federal or state debts, all or part of your (the check sent with the original return minus the $100 penalty). overpayment will be used to pay the past-due amounts. You will receive a notice if any of your overpayment has been applied to Line 17—Total Payments past-due amounts. Include any amounts from Form 8689, Allocation of Individual Line 23—Overpayment Applied to Estimated Tax Income Tax to the U.S. Virgin Islands, that are being included in the total payments line on your Form 1040 or 1040-SR. For Enter on line 23 the amount, if any, from line 21 you want applied additional information, see Form 8689 for the year of the tax to your estimated tax for next year. Also enter that tax year in the return you are amending. space provided. No interest will be paid on this amount. Refund or Amount You Owe If you owe past-due federal or state debts, all or part of your The purpose of this section is to figure the additional tax you owe overpayment will be used to pay the past-due amounts. You will or excess amount you have paid (overpayment). All of your receive a notice if any of your overpayment has been applied to payments (for the tax year you are amending) received up to the past-due amounts, so you will know how much was applied to date of this amended return are taken into account, as well as your estimated tax. any overpayment on your original return or after adjustment by You can’t change your election to apply part or all of the the IRS. It is as if you were using the new information to ! overpayment on line 21 to next year's estimated tax. complete your original return. If the results show a larger CAUTION overpayment than before, the difference between the two becomes your new overpayment. You can choose to receive the Part I—Dependents refund or apply it to your estimated tax for the following year. In either case, it can be used by the IRS to pay other federal or Lines 24, 26, 28, and 29—Reserved for Future state debts that still exist. If the results show that you owe, it is because you don’t have enough additional withholding or Use because filing your original return with the information you have These lines are reserved for future use. Do not enter an amount now would have resulted in a smaller overpayment or a balance on these lines. due. Line 30—Dependents List all dependents claimed on this amended return. This includes: Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) 9 |
Page 10 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. • Dependents claimed on your original return who are still being If you are filing an amended joint return and each taxpayer will claimed on this return, and receive an IP PIN, enter your IP PIN in the space provided next • Dependents not claimed on your original return who are being to the box for your occupation on your Form 1040-X. Enter the added to this return. spouse's IP PIN in the space provided next to the box for the spouse's occupation. See Dependents, in the instructions for the tax return for the If you need more information, including how to retrieve your IP year you are amending, for more information. PIN online, go to IRS.gov/IPPIN. If you are unable to retrieve your Part II—Direct Deposit (for E-Filed IP PIN online, call 800-908-4490. New IP PINs are generated every year. They will Form 1040-X Only) ! generally be sent out by mid-January. Use this IP PIN on Beginning in February 2023, if you electronically file a Form CAUTION any Form 1040-X you file. 1040-X for tax year 2021 or later, you may request your refund be directly deposited into your checking or savings account. Requirements for a Paper Return If you want us to directly deposit the amount shown on line 22 You must handwrite your signature on your return if you file it on to your checking or savings account at a bank or other financial paper. Digital, electronic, or typed-font signatures are not valid institution (such as a credit union) in the United States: signatures for Forms 1040-X filed on paper. • Complete lines 31 through 33 on Form 1040-X (if you want your refund deposited to only one account); or Requirements for an Electronic Return • Check the box on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 35a, To file your return electronically, you must sign the return and attach Form 8888, Allocation of Refund, if you want to split electronically using a personal identification number (PIN) and the direct deposit into more than one account. provide the information described below. If you are filing online using software, you must use a Self-Select PIN. If you are filing A direct deposit will be issued using the banking information electronically using a tax practitioner, you can use a Self-Select on Form 1040-X. Do not complete lines 35b through 35d on PIN or a Practitioner PIN. If we issued you an IP PIN for the year, Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR. all six digits of your IP PIN must appear in the IP PIN spaces If an account issue prevents a direct deposit, a refund will be provided next to the space for your occupation for your electronic issued by paper check to the most recent address. signature to be complete. Do not use an IP PIN from a prior year, even if amending a return filed in a prior year. Failure to include Explanation of Changes (Part II for an issued IP PIN on the electronic return will result in an invalid signature and a rejected return. If you are filing a joint return and Paper-Filed Form 1040-X or Part III for both taxpayers were issued IP PINs, enter both IP PINs in the spaces provided. E-Filed Form 1040-X) The IRS needs to know why you are filing Form 1040-X. For Self-Select PIN. The Self-Select PIN method allows you to example, you: create your own PIN. If you are married filing jointly, you and your • Received another Form W-2 after you filed your return, spouse will each need to create a PIN and enter these PINs as • Forgot to claim the child tax credit or the credit for other your electronic signatures. dependents, A PIN is any combination of five digits you choose except five • Changed your filing status from qualifying surviving spouse zeros. If you use a PIN, there is nothing to sign and nothing to (or, if amending a 2021 or earlier return, qualifying widow(er)) to mail—not even your Forms W-2. head of household, Your electronic return is considered a validly signed return • Are carrying a credit to an earlier year, or only when it includes your PIN; last name; date of birth; IP PIN, if • Are claiming a tax benefit from recently enacted legislation for applicable; and AGI from your originally filed prior year federal disaster relief. income tax return, if applicable. If you're filing jointly, your electronic return must also include your spouse's PIN; last name; Sign Your Return date of birth; IP PIN, if applicable; and AGI, if applicable, in order Form 1040-X isn't considered a valid return unless you sign it in to be considered validly signed. Don't use your AGI from an accordance with the requirements in these instructions. If you amended return (Form 1040-X) or a math error correction made are filing an amended joint return, your spouse must also sign. If by the IRS. Your AGI from your prior year return is generally the your spouse can't sign the return, see Pub. 501. Be sure to date amount shown on the federal income tax return you filed last your return and enter your occupation(s). If you have someone year that was due last year. For example, when filing an prepare your amended return, you are still responsible for the amended return in 2023, enter the amount from your 2021 Form correctness of the amended return. If your amended return is 1040 ,1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 11, that you filed in 2022. If you signed by a representative for you, you must have a power of didn't file a prior year income tax return, or we have not yet attorney attached that specifically authorizes the representative processed or only recently processed your prior year tax return, to sign your amended return. To do this, you can use Form 2848. enter “$0” as the prior year AGI verification. If you don't have your If you are filing an amended joint return as a surviving spouse, prior year income tax return, call the IRS at 800-908-9946 to get see Death of a Taxpayer in the instructions for your original tax a free transcript of your return or go to IRS.gov/Transcript. If you return. filed electronically last year, you, and your spouse if filing jointly, Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN). may use your prior year PIN to verify your identity instead of your If you received an IP PIN from the IRS, enter it in the IP PIN prior year AGI. The prior year PIN is the five-digit PIN you used to spaces provided next to the box for your occupation on your electronically sign your prior year return. Form 1040-X. You must correctly enter all six numbers of your IP Practitioner PIN. The Practitioner PIN method allows you to PIN. If you didn't receive an IP PIN, leave these spaces blank. authorize your tax practitioner to enter or generate your PIN. All taxpayers are now eligible for an IP PIN. For more Your electronic return is considered a validly signed return only TIP information, see Pub. 5477. To apply for an IP PIN, go to when it includes your PIN; last name; date of birth; and IP PIN, if IRS.gov/IPPIN and use the Get an IP PIN tool. applicable. If you're filing jointly, your electronic return must, in 10 Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) |
Page 11 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. order to be considered validly signed, also include your spouse's IF you live in... THEN mail Form 1040-X PIN; last name; date of birth; and IP PIN, if applicable. The and attachments to... practitioner can provide you with details. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Department of the Treasury Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Internal Revenue Service Paid Preparer Oklahoma, or Texas Austin, TX 73301-0052 Generally, anyone you pay to prepare your amended return must sign it and include their Preparer Tax Identification Number Alaska, Arizona, California, (PTIN) in the space provided. The preparer must give you a copy Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Department of the Treasury of the amended return for your records. Someone who prepares Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Internal Revenue Service your amended return but doesn’t charge you shouldn’t sign. North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Ogden, UT 84201-0052 South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Assembling Your Return or Wyoming Assemble any schedules and forms behind Form 1040-X in the Connecticut, Delaware, District of order of the “Attachment Sequence No.” shown in the upper-right Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, corner of the schedule or form. If you have supporting Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, statements, arrange them in the same order as the schedules or Massachusetts, Minnesota, Department of the Treasury forms they support and attach them last. Don’t attach a copy of Missouri, New Hampshire, New Internal Revenue Service your original return, correspondence, or other items unless Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Kansas City, MO 64999-0052 required to do so. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Attach to the front of Form 1040-X: Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, or • A copy of any Form W-2; Form W-2c; or Form 2439, Notice to Wisconsin Shareholder of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains, that A foreign country, U.S. territory;* or Department of the Treasury supports changes made on this return; use an APO or FPO address, or Internal Revenue Service • A copy of any Form W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings; or file Form 2555 or 4563, or are a Austin, TX 73301-0215 Form 1099-R that supports changes made on this return, but dual-status alien only if tax was withheld; and *If you live in American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or • A copy of any Form 1042-S, Foreign Person's U.S. Source the Northern Mariana Islands, see Pub. 570. Income Subject to Withholding; Form SSA-1042S, Social Security Benefit Statement (Nonresident Aliens); Form RRB-1042S, Payments by the Railroad Retirement Board (Nonresident Aliens); or Form 8288-A, Statement of Withholding Private delivery services (PDSs). Taxpayers can use certain on Dispositions by Foreign Persons of U.S. Real Property PDSs designated by the IRS to meet the “timely mailing as timely Interests, that supports changes made on this return. filing” rule for tax returns. Go to IRS.gov/PDS for the current list Attach to the back of Form 1040-X any Form 8805, Foreign of designated services. Partner's Information Statement of Section 1446 Withholding The PDS can tell you how to get written proof of the mailing Tax, that supports changes made on this return. date. If you owe tax and you don’t want to pay electronically, For the IRS mailing address to use if you’re using a PDS, go enclose (don’t attach) your check or money order in the to IRS.gov/PDSStreetAddresses. envelope with your amended return. See Line 20, earlier. PDSs can’t deliver items to P.O. boxes. You must use the U.S. Postal Service to mail any item to an IRS P.O. box Where To File CAUTION! address. If you are amending your return because of any of the situations listed next, use the corresponding address. Paperwork Reduction Act Notice IF you are filing THEN mail Form 1040-X We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Form 1040-X... and attachments to... Revenue laws of the United States. You are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with in response to a notice you the address shown these laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right amount received from the IRS in the notice. of tax. with Form 1040-NR or Department of the Treasury You are not required to provide the information requested on 1040-NR-EZ Internal Revenue Service a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the Austin, TX 73301-0215 form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any If none of the situations listed above apply to you, mail your Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return amended return to the Internal Revenue Service Center shown information are confidential, as required by section 6103. next that applies to you. We welcome comments on forms. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimates or suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You can send us comments from IRS.gov/FormComments. Or you can send your comments to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Publications Division, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Don’t send your Form 1040-X to this office. Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) 11 |
Page 12 of 12 Fileid: … s/i1040x/202402/a/xml/cycle04/source 9:50 - 9-Feb-2024 The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing. The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) Is Here To TAS at IRS.gov/SAMS. Be sure to not include any personal taxpayer information. Help You What Is TAS? Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) LITCs are independent from the IRS and TAS. LITCs represent TAS is an independent organization within the IRS that helps individuals whose income is below a certain level and who need taxpayers and protects taxpayer rights. TAS strives to ensure to resolve tax problems with the IRS. LITCs can represent that every taxpayer is treated fairly and that you know and taxpayers in audits, appeals, and tax collection disputes before understand your rights under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. the IRS and in court. In addition, LITCs can provide information about taxpayer rights and responsibilities in different languages How Can You Learn About Your Taxpayer Rights? for individuals who speak English as a second language. Services are offered for free or a small fee. For more information The Taxpayer Bill of Rights describes 10 basic rights that all or to find an LITC near you, go to the LITC page at taxpayers have when dealing with the IRS. Go to TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov/LITC or see IRS Pub. 4134, Low TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov to help you understand what these Income Taxpayer Clinic List, at IRS.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4134.pdf. rights mean to you and how they apply. These are your rights. Know them. Use them. Estimates of Taxpayer Burden The table below shows burden estimates as of November 2022 What Can TAS Do for You? for taxpayers filing a Form 1040-X tax return. Reported time and cost burden is a national average and TAS can help you resolve problems that you can’t resolve with does not necessarily reflect a “typical” case. Most taxpayers the IRS. And their service is free. If you qualify for their experience lower than average burden, with taxpayer burden assistance, you will be assigned to one advocate who will work varying considerably by taxpayer type. The estimated average with you throughout the process and will do everything possible time burden for all taxpayers filing a Form 1040-X is 9 hours, with to resolve your issue. TAS can help you if: an average cost of $200 per return. This average includes all • Your problem is causing financial difficulty for you, your family, associated forms and schedules, across all preparation methods or your business; and taxpayer activities. There is significant variation in taxpayer • You face (or your business is facing) an immediate threat of activity within these estimates. adverse action; or • You’ve tried repeatedly to contact the IRS but no one has Out-of-pocket costs include any expenses incurred by responded, or the IRS hasn’t responded by the date promised. taxpayers to prepare and submit their tax returns. Examples include tax return preparation and submission fees, postage and How Can You Reach TAS? photocopying costs, and tax preparation software costs. Tax preparation fees vary widely depending on the tax situation of TAS has offices in every state, the District of Columbia, and the taxpayer, the type of professional preparer, and the Puerto Rico. To find your advocate’s number: geographic area. • Go to TaxpayerAdvocate.IRS.gov/Contact-Us; If you have comments concerning the time and cost estimates • Download Pub. 1546, The Taxpayer Advocate Service Is Your below, you can contact us at either one of the addresses shown Voice at the IRS, available at IRS.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1546.pdf; under We welcome comments on forms, earlier. • Call the IRS toll free at 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676) to order a copy of Pub. 1546; Estimates of Taxpayer Burden • Check your local directory; or • Call TAS toll free at 877-777-4778. Average Time Burden Average Cost All 1040-X (Hours) (Dollars) Taxpayers 9 $200 How Else Does TAS Help Taxpayers? TAS works to resolve large-scale problems that affect many taxpayers. If you know of one of these broad issues, report it to 12 Instructions for Form 1040-X (Rev. February 2024) |